Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2013)

6.0/10 87 min Documentary

Overview

Long before O'Reilly and Beck, Morton Downey, Jr., was tearing up the talk-show format with his divisive populism. Between the fistfights, rabid audience, and Mort's cigarette smoke always "in your face," The Morton Downey Jr. Show was billed as "3-D television," "rock and roll without the music." Évocateur meditates on the hysteria that ended the '80s and ultimately its most notorious agitator.

Cast

Gloria Allred

Self

Michele Bachmann

Self

Glenn Beck

Self

Chris Elliott

Self

Al Sharpton

Self

Larry King

Self (archive footage)

Lloyd Kaufman

Self (archive footage)

Wally George

Self (archive footage)

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